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VB Series - 1st final

Australia v England

Australia won by 10 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)

ODI no. 1940 | 2002/03 season
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
23 January 2003 - day/night (50-over match)


England innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c †Gilchrist b Lee	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
1.6 caught †Gilchrist 1/1
NV Knight	c †Gilchrist b Lee	5	24	16	0	0	31.25
5.3 caught †Gilchrist 11/2
MP Vaughan	lbw b Bichel	21	81	48	2	0	43.75
19.1 lbw 45/5
N Hussain*	b Williams	1	13	12	0	0	8.33
8.2 bowled 19/3
AJ Stewart†	c †Gilchrist b Williams	12	10	13	1	0	92.30
10.6 caught †Gilchrist 33/4
PD Collingwood	st †Gilchrist b Warne	43	117	71	2	0	60.56
38.6 stumped †Gilchrist 115/8
ID Blackwell	c Ponting b Bichel	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
19.3 caught Ponting 45/6
RC Irani	c Bichel b Lee	10	36	34	0	0	29.41
29.2 caught Bichel 79/7
AR Caddick	not out	12	46	34	0	0	35.29

JM Anderson	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
40.4 caught †Gilchrist 117/9
MJ Hoggard	c †Gilchrist b Bichel	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
40.6 caught †Gilchrist 117/10
Extras	(lb 7, w 5, nb 1)	13

Total	(all out; 41 overs; 172 mins)	117	(2.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-1 (Trescothick, 1.6 ov), 2-11 (Knight, 5.3 ov), 3-19 (Hussain, 8.2 ov), 4-33 (Stewart, 10.6 ov), 5-45 (Vaughan, 19.1 ov), 6-45 (Blackwell, 19.3 ov), 7-79 (Irani, 29.2 ov), 8-115 (Collingwood, 38.6 ov), 9-117 (Anderson, 40.4 ov), 10-117 (Hoggard, 40.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Williams	10	2	22	2	2.20	(1w)
8.2 to Hussain, bowled 19/3 10.6 to Stewart, caught †Gilchrist 33/4
B Lee	10	1	29	3	2.90	(1nb, 1w)
1.6 to Trescothick, caught †Gilchrist 1/1 5.3 to Knight, caught †Gilchrist 11/2 29.2 to Irani, caught Bichel 79/7
AJ Bichel	7	2	18	4	2.57	(1w)
19.1 to Vaughan, lbw 45/5 19.3 to Blackwell, caught Ponting 45/6 40.4 to Anderson, caught †Gilchrist 117/9 40.6 to Hoggard, caught †Gilchrist 117/10
SK Warne	10	0	28	1	2.80	(2w)
38.6 to Collingwood, stumped †Gilchrist 115/8
GB Hogg	4	0	13	0	3.25


Australia innings (target: 118 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	not out	69	56	37	15	0	186.48

ML Hayden	not out	45	56	37	6	1	121.62

Extras	(lb 2, w 2)	4

Total	(0 wickets; 12.2 overs; 56 mins)	118	(9.56 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Ponting*, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, A Symonds, B Lee, GB Hogg, AJ Bichel, BA Williams, SK Warne


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	3	0	31	0	10.33

JM Anderson	4	0	35	0	8.75	(2w)

MJ Hoggard	3.2	0	36	0	10.80

RC Irani	2	0	14	0	7.00

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the best-of-3-finals 1-0

Player of the match B Lee (Australia)

Umpires DL Orchard (South Africa) and SJA Taufel
TV umpire DB Hair
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Match notes

Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
4th Umpire - NSD Fowler
12th Men - NW Bracken (Aus) and AJ Hollioake (Eng)
Gilchrist 50 off 28 balls in 35 mins, 12x4
Gilchrist's 27th ODI 50
Australia 100 off 62 balls
Attendance 38 980

Tournament Results

Australia v England at Melbourne - Jan 25, 2003
Australia won by 5 runs

Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 23, 2003
Australia won by 10 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne - Jan 21, 2003
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)

Australia v England at Adelaide - Jan 19, 2003
Australia won by 4 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

England v Sri Lanka at Adelaide - Jan 17, 2003
England won by 19 runs

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Jan 23, 2003

Irani and Stewart show their exasperation as Gilchrist runs, Australia v England, VB Series, 2002/03

Jan 23, 2003

Gilchrist batting, Australia v England, VB Series, 2002/03

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